Re: [OT] Any experience with Cisco Meraki switches?

2025-01-14 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Eeeew! Yeah, it seems that some of the big players have hopped on the remote ransomware bandwagon when it comes to networking equipment. I have a Netgate firebox here that required such when running their OS. I replaced with PFSense and now have a firewall worthy of the name: practically unhac

Re: Stammtisch next Tuesday

2025-01-14 Thread Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss
I should be there. --- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 16:55 der.hans via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > moin moin, > > just a reminder that Stammtisch is next week. > > We'll be in person at Boulders on Southern near the rubble

Stammtisch next Tuesday

2025-01-14 Thread der.hans via PLUG-discuss
moin moin, just a reminder that Stammtisch is next week. We'll be in person at Boulders on Southern near the rubble heap that was Fiesta Mall. Boulders on Southern 1010 W Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ Stammtisch starts at 19:00. We will be discussing the potential of returning to in person for the g

Re: [OT] Any experience with Cisco Meraki switches?

2025-01-14 Thread Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss
On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM greg zegan wrote: > what is the model? > MS225-24P-HW -- Arun Khan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.or

Re: [OT] Any experience with Cisco Meraki switches?

2025-01-14 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
what is the model? On Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 01:17:33 PM MST, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote: I am considering buying a Cisco Meraki switch (MS225-24P-HW*) on eBay for my  HomeLab use. My understanding is that these devices need an annual subscription (ransomware) to manage the

[OT] Any experience with Cisco Meraki switches?

2025-01-14 Thread Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss
I am considering buying a Cisco Meraki switch (MS225-24P-HW*) on eBay for my HomeLab use. My understanding is that these devices need an annual subscription (ransomware) to manage them via a Cisco Cloudbase dashboard. (They don't have a serial console unlike most network devices) In case you hav

My browser has a button that says 'new chrome available'.

2025-01-14 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I follow the instructions but it appears I already have the latest version. Why the button? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/l

Re: KVM Vs. VirtualBox Vs. Proxmox

2025-01-14 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
Well If you dig through the proxmox documentation you can migrate Debian over to Proxmox or even set up Xwindows on proxmox so you can have a UX on top of the proxmox environment. This may suit your needs a bit. https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_12_Bookworm https://pve.pro

Re: KVM Vs. VirtualBox Vs. Proxmox

2025-01-14 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
My first network admin job was netware 4.11 and NT 3.5 for Windows 95 (Later 98). NetWare was a directory service not a NAS even though many people used it for just that, so more than File sharing, but it also managed rights and access for devices all over. NT was added in our case to supply some

Re: Kubuntu 24.04.1vs bluetooth

2025-01-14 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I have found that numerous bluetooth sound devices treat each connection type as a separate device when connected to a computer. Do you have more than one listed? On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Bluetooth and my Kubuntu 24.04.1 ins